Persona Name Pronunciations

[Miriah]

We've done this before, but we've got some new Personas out there and sometimes my mouth tries to fumble over how I think they're pronounced. So time for persona pronunciation time!

Mine:
Asaile: ah-sah-EEL
Aviday: AH-vee-day
D'hol: dole
Enamra: Eh-NAM-rah
Humari: hew-MAH-ree
Jalodwyn: JAL-oh-dwin
Lanniya: LAH-nee-yah
Ma'din: MAH-din
Ninaine: nye-NAYNE
Orifa: oar-REE-fa
Riadem: ree-AH-dim
Rorela: roar-ELL-a
Urlene: EWER-leen
Yriadha: eer-ree-AH-dah

[aaron]

I love this! How fun. Correct me if I'm wrong when it comes to my adoptees. 😅

Brennault: bren - AWLT
K'don: k - DAHN
K'far: k - FAR
S'kand: s - KAND
Tirraze: teer - AH - zuh
T'ner: t - NAIR
Wirnan: WURR - nun

[Heather]

Hey Estelle
Do you think we could get a box on the form on persona sheets that says "Persona Name Pronunciation"? That way we can always have this info!!

[Heather]

We've done this before, but we've got some new Personas out there and sometimes my mouth tries to fumble over how I think they're pronounced. So time for persona pronunciation time!


D'hol: dole

OK, I pretty much had all of these right except D'hol -- LOL, I was saying "D - hall"




Mine: Sorry for all the "uh"s --- I'm from the South ;)

Arion = AR-ee-on
Ayressa = Uh-ress-uh
A'nir = A-neer
Benamil = Ben-uh-mill
C'rin = Kuh-ryn
D'kere = Duh-keer
F'aen = F-ayn
Gyllie = Gill-EE
H'riv= Huh-riv
Jeyme = Jay-mee
Kaibren = Kay-brehn
K'lvin = Kell-vin
K'yne = K-EYEn
Ranni = RAHN-nee
Rasme= Raz-mey
Rethisa = Ree-thiss-uh
Reven = Ruh-ven
R'nar = Ruh-NAR
Saibra = Say-bruh
Saidrene = Say-drEEn
Suynie = Soo-nee
Thayde = Th-AID (rhymes with Fade)
T'kala = Tuh-CALL-uh
W'ser = Wuh-sir
Yasmeane = Yaz-meen
Zathris = ZAH-thriss
Zehva= Zey-VAH

[Suzee]

Haha me too on D'hol,  I had it as:  d HOLE

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Arippa = uh RIP uh
Benani = beh NAH nee
Bilpen = BILL pen
Briata = bri AH ta
Bryvin = BRY vin
Ciara = see AH ra
Cyradis = sigh RAA dis
Demir = DEM r
D'ale = Dale
D'arvn = DAR vin
Garion = GAER ee un
Jayzine = jay ZINE
J'lor = ja LOR
K'ale = Kale
Loella = lo ELLA
L'cor = l COR
Nazli = NAHZ li
N'call = n CALL
Pierka = PEER kah
Porenne = poor EN
R'enh = REN
Sasima = sa SI ma
Sophque = SOF key
Tavia = TAY vi ah
Timassa = tim AH sa
T'lat = t LAT
Y'gel = ee GEL

[Miriah]

Haha me too on D'hol,  I had it as:  d HOLE

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Sophque = SOF key

Y'gel = ee GEL

Like A-Hole. Completely understand :P

I had been pronouncing Sophque like "Sof Queue" and Y'gel like WHY-gel OOPS!

[Heather]

Haha me too on D'hol,  I had it as:  d HOLE

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Cyradis = sigh RAA dis
Sophque = SOF key
Y'gel = ee GEL

I was saying:
Cyradis = Sear - rah- dis
Sophque = Sof - Q
Y'gel = Yuh-gell

LOL

I love all the different takes on Y'gel!

[Avery]

A'kades = ah KAD es (es like es-cape)
A'vel = ay VEL
Corran = CORE an
Erivana = air EE van ah
Irrkali = err CALL ee (err like in err-or)
Jadirah = jad EE rah
K'ran = kuh RAN
Kadira = kad EE ra
Kapera = KAP er ah
L'val = luh VAL
Lucan = LUH can
Riveenata = ruh VEE na ta or RIV ee na ta (I imagine her family probably varies this based on their accent, her mom saying it one and her dad the other)
Talwynn = TAL win
T'leri = tuh LEH ree
V'rel = Vrell
Z'kai = ZUH kai

[Yvonne]

...I also pronouced it 'd HOLE' ... *g*

I also really like the way 'Kapera' is pronounced, with the emphasis on the first syllable. It sounds like rain on a rooftop. I was pronouncing it kah-PEER-ah but I like the proper way better!

I also messed up Sophque - I pronounced it soh - FEEK.

No problems with Y'gel, though - the 'ee' sound is how you pronounce the Y in my name too!

[Estelle]

I was close on D'hol, but was pronouncing it more like "Doll" than "Dole". A lot of the others I was completely wrong. "Asaile" also sounds a lot prettier than how I'd been saying it ("a sail")

I have been wondering for a while how to pronounce "Brina" - whether her name should rhyme with "cleaner" or "finer"?

There should now be an extra field on the persona form to add these, thank you for the suggestion, Heather!

[Heather]

I have been wondering for a while how to pronounce "Brina" - whether her name should rhyme with "cleaner" or "finer"?

In my head, I have been saying "Br-IN-ah"

[Miriah]

I was close on D'hol, but was pronouncing it more like "Doll" than "Dole". A lot of the others I was completely wrong. "Asaile" also sounds a lot prettier than how I'd been saying it ("a sail")

I have been wondering for a while how to pronounce "Brina" - whether her name should rhyme with "cleaner" or "finer"?

There should now be an extra field on the persona form to add these, thank you for the suggestion, Heather!

I've been pronouncing the name as BrEEna

[Suzee]

and I've been pronouncing it like "Grin"  BRIN ah

[Estelle]

Haha, I didn't even think of that variation! So "Brina" rhymes with "thinner"...

[emma]

Here are some of mine

Teseada - Tess - ay - duh
K'sedel - Kuh - seh -dul
K'reyel - Kuh - ray - ul
K'deren - Kuh - der- un
M'van - Muh - van
Oria - O - ree - ah